Decrease the citizen processing cycle to 8h instead of 24h

 - aging is 3x faster now, 1 game day = 1 citizen year

Author: dymanoid

src/RealTime/CustomAI/RealTimeResidentAI.cs

@@ -137,20 +137,26 @@ public void RegisterCitizenArrival(uint citizenId)
             schedule.DepartureToWorkTime = default;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>Performs simulation for starting a new day. Enables the logic to perform the 'new day processing' for the citizens.</summary>
-        public void BeginNewDayProcessing()
+        /// <summary>Performs simulation for starting a day cycle beginning with specified hour.
+        /// Enables the logic to perform the 'new cycle processing' for the citizens.</summary>
+        /// <param name="hour">The hour of the cycle.</param>
+        public void BeginNewHourCycleProcessing(int hour)
         {
-            Log.Debug(LogCategory.Generic, TimeInfo.Now, "Starting of the 'new day' processing for each citizen...");
-            workBehavior.BeginNewDay();
-            todayWakeUp = TimeInfo.Now.Date.AddHours(Config.WakeUpHour);
+            Log.Debug(LogCategory.Generic, TimeInfo.Now, "Starting of the 'new cycle' processing for each citizen...");
+            if (hour == 0)
+            {
+                workBehavior.BeginNewDay();
+                todayWakeUp = TimeInfo.Now.Date.AddHours(Config.WakeUpHour);
+            }
+
             CanCitizensGrowUp = true;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>Disables the 'new day processing' for the citizens.</summary>
-        public void EndNewDayProcessing()
+        /// <summary>Disables the 'new cycle processing' for the citizens.</summary>
+        public void EndHourCycleProcessing()
         {
             CanCitizensGrowUp = false;
-            Log.Debug(LogCategory.Generic, TimeInfo.Now, "The 'new day' processing for the citizens is now completed.");
+            Log.Debug(LogCategory.Generic, TimeInfo.Now, "The 'new cycle' processing for the citizens is now completed.");
         }
 
         /// <summary>Performs simulation for starting a new day for a citizen with specified ID.</summary>

src/RealTime/Simulation/CitizenProcessor.cs

@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ internal sealed class CitizenProcessor<TAI, TCitizen>
         private readonly RealTimeResidentAI<TAI, TCitizen> residentAI;
         private readonly SpareTimeBehavior spareTimeBehavior;
         private readonly ITimeInfo timeInfo;
-        private int dayStartFrame;
+        private int cycleStartFrame;
+        private int cycleHour;
 
         /// <summary>Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CitizenProcessor{TAI, TCitizen}"/> class.</summary>
         /// <param name="residentAI">The custom resident AI implementation.</param>
@@ -34,13 +35,18 @@ public CitizenProcessor(RealTimeResidentAI<TAI, TCitizen> residentAI, SpareTimeB
             this.residentAI = residentAI ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(residentAI));
             this.spareTimeBehavior = spareTimeBehavior ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(spareTimeBehavior));
             this.timeInfo = timeInfo ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(timeInfo));
-            dayStartFrame = int.MinValue;
+            cycleStartFrame = int.MinValue;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>Notifies this simulation object that a new game day begins.</summary>
-        public void StartNewDay()
+        /// <summary>Notifies this simulation object that a particular day hour begins.</summary>
+        /// <param name="hour">The day time hour.</param>
+        public void TriggerHour(int hour)
         {
-            dayStartFrame = int.MinValue;
+            if (hour % 8 == 0)
+            {
+                cycleHour = hour;
+                cycleStartFrame = int.MinValue;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>Re-calculates the duration of a simulation frame.</summary>
@@ -61,21 +67,21 @@ public void ProcessTick()
         /// <param name="frameIndex">The index of the simulation frame to process.</param>
         public void ProcessFrame(uint frameIndex)
         {
-            if (dayStartFrame == -1)
+            if (cycleStartFrame == -1)
             {
                 return;
             }
 
             uint step = frameIndex & StepMask;
-            if (dayStartFrame == int.MinValue)
+            if (cycleStartFrame == int.MinValue)
             {
-                residentAI.BeginNewDayProcessing();
-                dayStartFrame = (int)step;
+                residentAI.BeginNewHourCycleProcessing(cycleHour);
+                cycleStartFrame = (int)step;
             }
-            else if (step == dayStartFrame)
+            else if (step == cycleStartFrame)
             {
-                residentAI.EndNewDayProcessing();
-                dayStartFrame = -1;
+                residentAI.EndHourCycleProcessing();
+                cycleStartFrame = -1;
                 return;
             }
 

src/RealTime/Simulation/SimulationHandler.cs

@@ -82,13 +82,20 @@ public override void OnBeforeSimulationTick()
                 return;
             }
 
-            DateTime currentDate = SimulationManager.instance.m_currentGameTime.Date;
-            if (currentDate != lastHandledDate)
+            DateTime currentDateTime = SimulationManager.instance.m_currentGameTime;
+            if (currentDateTime.Hour != lastHandledDate.Hour || lastHandledDate == default)
             {
-                lastHandledDate = currentDate;
-                DayTimeSimulation.Process(currentDate);
-                CitizenProcessor.StartNewDay();
-                OnNewDay(this);
+                int triggerHour = lastHandledDate == default
+                    ? 0
+                    : currentDateTime.Hour;
+
+                lastHandledDate = currentDateTime;
+                CitizenProcessor.TriggerHour(triggerHour);
+                if (triggerHour == 0)
+                {
+                    DayTimeSimulation.Process(currentDateTime);
+                    OnNewDay(this);
+                }
             }
         }